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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1940
Page
8
Rep. J. J. Dempsey declared in Mosquero New Mexico that he has no alliance with any candidate or slate for the Democratic primary. He urged voters to choose based on merit and reaffirmed he is campaigning only for himself, rejecting any state making proposals.
A collision occurred this morning on the highway just north of Hagerman involving Earl H. Huddleston of Hagerman and Mrs. W S Williams of Artesia. Mrs Williams drove north while Huddleston entered from a side road. State Patrolman Miles investigated and reported no injuries.
Francis Marion Payton and Myrtle Goodson, both of Hobbs, have been issued a marriage license. The couple plans their wedding in the Hobbs area, with local records noting the filing and approval by the county clerk.
Kennith Leonard Gooding died at 4 30 this morning after illness lasting since last Monday He was born December 21 1936 in Romana Kansas The family recently moved from McPherson Kansas Survived by parents one brother Robert Dales Gooding and grandparents Mr and Mrs 8S Gooding of Tampa Kansas and S A Yarham Romana Kansas Funeral services Saturday at 2 00 pm from Ballard Chapel conducted by Rev A C Hopkins with Assembly of God Church choir providing music Interment in South Park Cemetery
Too Late To Classify For Rent cottage partly furnished 12101/2 No. Rich. For Sale good team of small mules and harness. R. M. Dollahan Roswell Cemetery. 8-23t3c 8-23t6x
The Commercial Bulletin notes a brighter wool market with Philadelphia bids for 7.84 million yards for army overcoatings, serges and flannels and price hikes for some specialty wools. Western demand remains slow. mohair buys are weak. Quotations cover Territory grades, pulled wools, and mohair across several quality classes.
J. Frazier visited Albuquerque as part of his campaign for the Democratic nomination for Congress. He meeting local supporters and outlined his platform during a brief stop in the city today.
The article explains surplus marketing plans for cotton stamps and food stamps aimed at aiding low income households. Cotton stamps grant a dollar in bonus stamps per dollar spent and cover domestically produced cotton goods. food stamps offer 50 cents in bonus stamps per dollar spent on government specified surplus foods. Washington reports mobilization plans: four National Guard divisions Elthirty, forty-first, forty-fourth and forty-fifth along with 22 smaller units to be called next month under congressional mobilization legislation. The Forty-fifth division, drawn from Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado, trains at Fort Sill Oklahoma.
In Buenos Aires factions in congress rejected ailing President Roberto M Ortiz resignation and forecast a 186 to 4 vote of confidence in a joint chamber senate meeting. The crisis stemmed from a disputed army land purchase threatening national unity.
Six masked bandits halted a train at a dark station demanding the Yonkers pouch. Clerks refused and the crew complied with a signal to proceed. The robbers seized a sack, fled to a waiting car with New Jersey plates, abandoning a pistol and revolver along the tracks. police were summoned.
The New Mexico state board of education plans a transportation budget of 1 035 141 to move about 27 000 pupils to and from school for the coming year. The figure reflects a 20 000 rise over last year as districts consolidate and all steel buses expand across the state.
President Roosevelt signed a law giving the securities commission authority to regulate investment trust companies, calling it another milestone in the administration's vigorous program to protect investors. He cited the 1935 public utility holding company act as a model, aimed at curbing corporate monstrosities.
The Dexter schools will open the 1940 41 school year on Monday September 2 at 9 am with a general assembly inviting patrons and students. The faculty remains mostly the same with two replacements Evelyn Gladson for Eileen Osborn and Mary Noble for Virginia Easterday. Re modeling of school plants and refinished floors and desks aim to accommodate a record enrollment.
London dispatch reports British military headquarters announcing latest shelling near the stone fort as air raid alarms sound. In a London suburb an apartment building was startled by a whistle and a pop, as residents reacted to the alarm while tea boiled.
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